VII.1.11 Pompeii. Shop of Sabinus? Excavated 1853 and 1855.

(Strada d’Olconio 19).

VII.1.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance.

Graffiti, painted in red, were found in August 1853, between VII.1.11 and 12, reading

Holconium

Priscum

II vir(um)  i(ure)  d(icundo)    [CIL IV 767a]

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 4723.

M(arcum)  Epidium  Sabinum  d(uumvirum)  i(ure)  dic(undo)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  dig(nus)  est

defensorem  coloniae  ex  sententia  Suedi  Clementis  sancti  iudicis

consensu  ordinis  ob  merita  eius  et  probitatem  dignum  rei  publicae  faciat

Sabinus  dissignator  cum  Plausu  facit       [CIL IV 768]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli.  Naples : Nicola Longobardi.  (p.169)

VII.1.11 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance.

VII.1.11 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall with niche.

VII.1.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Niche in north wall.

According to Boyce, the walls of the niche were coated with the same white stucco which covered the walls of the room.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.60)

VII.1.11 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall, with remains of downpipe in north-east corner.

VII.1.11 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall with site of stairs to upper floor.

VII.1.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Threshold or sill.